New technologies in health care. Part 1: A moral and ethical predicament

Journal of the Canadian Dental Association

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 631-635

  Lebuis, Ariane ^a   Lai, Beverly ^a   Emami, Elham ^a   Feine, Jocelyne S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENEFICENCE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL TECHNOLOGY; DENTIST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; EVIDENCE BASED DENTISTRY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; REVIEW; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TRUST;

BENEFICENCE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; DENTISTS; ETHICS, DENTAL; EVIDENCE-BASED DENTISTRY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MORALS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TECHNOLOGY, DENTAL; TRUST; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 51849162041     PISSN: 07098936     EISSN: 14882159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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